- abashing
- a·bash || ə'bæʃ v. disconcert, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass
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Abashing — Abash A*bash ([.a]*b[a^]sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abashed} ([.a]*b[a^]sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abashing}.] [OE. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, OF. esbahir, F. [ e]bahir, to astonish, fr. L. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. In OE … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Abash — A*bash ([.a]*b[a^]sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abashed} ([.a]*b[a^]sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abashing}.] [OE. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, OF. esbahir, F. [ e]bahir, to astonish, fr. L. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. In OE.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abashed — Abash A*bash ([.a]*b[a^]sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abashed} ([.a]*b[a^]sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abashing}.] [OE. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, OF. esbahir, F. [ e]bahir, to astonish, fr. L. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. In OE … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Browbeating — Brow beat ing, n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions. [1913 Webster] The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Epistles to the Corinthians — Epistles to the Corinthians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles to the Corinthians INTRODUCTORY St. Paul Founds the Church at Corinth St. Paul s first visit to Europe is graphically described by St. Luke (Acts, xvi xviii). When … Catholic encyclopedia
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
confusing — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. puzzling, bewildering, disconcerting, abashing, confounding, baffling, mystifying, perplexing, discomposing, disturbing, disorienting, unsettling, upsetting, obscuring, blurring, fuddling, befuddling, addling, complicated … English dictionary for students
confusion — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of confusing] Syn. obscuring, blurring, mixing up, upsetting, disturbing, embarrassing, discomfiting, abashing, agitating, addling, fuddling, miscalculation, miscalcuLating, befuddling, tangling, mixing, cluttering,… … English dictionary for students
abash — (v.) perplex, embarrass, early 15c., earlier lose one s composure, be upset (late 14c.), from O.Fr. esbaiss , present stem of esbaer gape with astonishment, from es out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + ba(y)er to be open, gape, from L. *batare to yawn, gape … Etymology dictionary
